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Source: Will Book
C-D, 1897 - 1918 William T. Havenar - Probate date: Nov.
3, 1903
State of Illinois, )
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Piatt County. )
In the County Court of said County
In Probate April Term, A. D. 1905
PERSONALLY
APPEARED, in open Court Wade H. Ownby one
of the subscribing witness to the annexed instrument of
writing, purporting to be the last Will and Testament of
William T. Havenar late of said County, deceased,
who being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say,
each for himself, that he was present and saw the said
William T. Havenar sign said will in his
presence, and that he believes that the said testats was of
sound mind and memory, of lawful age, and under no
constraint when he signed said will.
Subscribed and
sworn to in open Court, this 22nd )
Wade H. Ownby
day of April A. D. 1905
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(Seal) B. F. Kagey, County Clerk.
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Filed in the County Court this 22nd
day of April, 1905
Last Will of William T. Havenar
I, William T. Havenor of La Place,
Illinois, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do
make, publish and declare this to be my last will and
testament, both real and personal of which I may divsized
and possessed or to which I may be justly intitled at the
time of my decease, I devise and bequeath and dispose in the
following manner to-wit:
First: - My will that all my just debts and funeral
expenses shall by myexecutor hereinafter named be paid out
of my estate so soon after my decease as shall be found
convenient.
Second: - After my death it is my will that my
residence consisting of lots Two and Three and buildings
thereon in Block Twelve in the Town of La Place, Illinois
shall be reduced to money by my executor at either private
or public sale and on such terms as he may deem best from
the proceeds of such sale after all expenses have been paid
said executor shall pay Two hundred Dollars to my wife,
Susanna Matilda Havenar, and Two hundred Dollars to my
daughter, Sarah J. Matison. The balance of the
proceeds of such sale of the real estate above described
shall be equally divided among my children.
Third: - I give and bequeath to my oldest son,
James Havenar, One Dollar. To my daughter Anna
S. Winnings, One Dollar; To my son William E. Havenar,
One Dollar; To my son Charles Havenar, One Dollar;
and to my step-daughter Halia Caldwell, One hundred
Dollars.
Fourth: - I give and bequeath to my wife, Susanna
Matilda Havenar, all of my household property.
Fifth: - As to the balance and the residue of my
estate, it is my will that the same shall be equally divided
between my son, John V. Havenar and my daughter
Sarah Matison.
Lastly: I make, constitute and appoint D. B.
Espy to be the executor of this my last will and
testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my
nad and seal this 3rd of November A. D. 1903.
D. B. Espy,
witness
William (his x mark) T. Havenar
This is to certify
that the foregoing instrument, consisting of two pages was,
at the date thereof, signed, publshed and declared by
William T. Havenor, the Testator, as his last will and
testament, in the presence of us, who in his presence and at
his request and in the presence of each other, have
subscribed our names as witnesses.
Wade H. Oronby
D. S. Willihelmy
Filed March 28, 1903. B.
T. Kagey, Clerk of Co. Court
Recorded in Will Record C, Page 208.
(copy available at Ancestry.com)
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